ALL SOO UNITS FEATURE:

While these covered wagons were bought for passenger service, they served most of their careers in freight service. Changing colors to the now familiar red and white scheme in the early sixties, and loosing their steam generators shortly thereafter, the old girls started to gain some real personality.

This unit detailed to match in service photos after 1956. Five-chime air horn, large fuel tank and EMD modified side skirts are a characteristic of this era. Snow plow pilot added after 1956.
#6456, #8302:

As above these units are detailed to match photos taken after 1956. The a-unit has a three-chime air horn, and hasn’t yet received it’s plow pilot. Photos show it survived without the plow until the very early sixties. Both units of this set still have the EMD modified “mini skirts” above the large fuel tanks.
#6458, #8300:

These two are detailed to match a couple of “Black Widow’ painted engines that lasted until the mid sixties-1965 to be exact. The a-unit has the typical five-chime airhorn, plow pilot, nose side mounted ladder and like most Espee f-units in this era the small side skirts have been removed.

SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:

Individual sound boards installed in both A and B units (sound units only)

Engine, horn, and bell sounds work in DC

Some functions are limited in DC

All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode

Slow speed control

Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights

Lighting effects such as beacons, Gyralight where prototypically accurate

Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes

CV chart included in the box

PROTOTYPE INFO:

The EMD FP7 was a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), B-B passenger-hauling diesel locomotive produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel. Final assembly was at GM-EMD’s La Grange, Illinois plant, excepting locomotives destined for Canada, in which case final assembly was at GMD’s plant in London, Ontario. The locomotive contained an auxiliary water tank and steam generator to supply steam heat to the trailing passenger cars. This necessitated a longer body and frame. Although intended for passenger service, these locomotive still were regularly assigned into freight locomotive pools as well.